government documents and information for interns
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Government Information and Documents
Intern Training, 8/14/2014
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Federal Documents
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The FDLP was established by Congress to ensure public access to government information
Government Printing Office gathers documents, creates records, and sends them to the participating FDLP libraries.
Federal Depository Library Program
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Jackson has been a depository since 1963, but have some earlier documents.
Check out some of our docs on Tumblr We have print, microfiche, and online
collections Some documents have been digitized for
the Home Economics & Nutrition Pamphlets
http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/cdm/ref/collection/HENP/id/567
This is part of the ASERL Center of Excellence program
UNC Chapel Hill is our regional repository
Our collection
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North Carolina Documents
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Print and microfiche (mostly microfiche) Some documents have been sent to
regular stacks. The collection is mostly mid-1980s up.
Our Collection
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Finding depository documents
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Majority of print documents are in Ferguson’s remote storage and are searchable in catalog.
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A few are in cataloging (C, I, & L).
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Major documents are in reference (Census, Statutes at Large).
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Microfiche are in basement (for now).
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The federal documents use the SuDoc Classification System.
The NC documents use a similar system. If a call number has a colon [:], then it is
a SuDoc and not LC. Example: PR 41.8:B 52/2
Want to play with SuDocs?
Classification System
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Print federal document in storage Record will eventually reflect storage & include
a request button Print NC document in storage
Record will eventually reflect storage & include a request button
Microfiche Online federal document
Examples of Catalog Records
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{i.e., not depository documents
Finding Government Information
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Government Information Research Guide: http://uncg.libguides.com/govinfo
Google advanced searching: site:.gov
USA.gov: Portal to online government information
ProQuest Congressional: Materials (hearings, reports, transcript of the floor debates, and more) for both houses of Congress.
See Government Information Research Guide for more!
Other search tools
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WHO CARES?!
You've gotta ask yourself a question
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Where can I find
information about my
polling place?
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I need information on
malaria in Ghana.
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I’m looking for statistics on cancer in the United States.
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I’m trying to find demographic info on the US federal prison population.
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I’m trying to find info on wetlands
in North Carolina. Do you
know where I could start?